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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.telstra.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!cloudbreak.rs.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cs.ubc.ca!usenet From: Markus Meister <meister@cs.ubc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Several easy questions about FreeBSD, concerning hardware Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 07:01:09 -0800 Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 21 Message-ID: <33047E35.41C6@cs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: zeppo.cs.ubc.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35570 I'm thinking about buying a new computer whose main task it will be to run FreeBSD, so I would like to know some things that will allow me to put together the right machine. It will be a single-user machine, won't be a server of any kind. 1) I assume FreeBSD will run very nicely on a "Pentium Pro". Is it correct that still no dual-CPU system of any kind is supported? (is it by NetBSD?) The FAQ (http://cynjut.neonramp.com) is marked 'out of date' on this point. 2) What kind of performance increase can I expect of your average SCSI drive over (shudder!) EIDE? The former is unfortunately a lot more expensive. 3) Is there anything else I should know? I would really like a nice FreeBSD machine. I will be grateful for any advice. Markus